http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2005/06/006526print.html
June 06, 2005
"Praying to Allah in Mexico: Islam Is Gaining a Foothold in Chiapas"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "About 300 Tzozil-Indians have converted to Islam in recent years and it's a development that is beginning to worry the Mexican government. Indeed, the government even suspects the new converts of subversive activity and has already set the secret service onto the track of the Mayan Muslims. Mexican President Vincente Fox has even gone so far as to say he fears the influence of the radical fundamentalists of al-Qaida.
But the Indians have no interest in political extremism. Rather, they belong to the Sunni, Murabitun sect that was founded by the Scotsman Ian Dallas and is seen as an offshoot of a Moroccan religious order. The Murabitun followers represent a sort of primal Islam: Earning interest profits through money lending is a no-no and they preach a literal interpretation of the Koran."
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1417720/posts
Canadian man sentenced for smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States
NewsDay ^
Posted on 06/06/2005 3:10:39 PM PDT by Happy2BMe
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A Canadian man was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison for conspiring to smuggle South Korean aliens into the United States.
Tal Chung Kim, 55, of Vancouver, British Columbia, pleaded guilty in August in U.S. District Court, admitting that he tried to smuggle seven South Korean citizens into the United States through Canada near Lake Champlain in September 2003.
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